Biomechanics at micro- and nanoscale levels [[electronic resource] ] . Vol. I : morphogenesis. / / editor, Hiroshi Wada

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450447303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hackensack, NJ ; ; Singapore, : World Scientific, c2005
• ISBN: 1-281-88099-X; 9786611880996; 981-256-930-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WadaHiroshi <1949->
• Disciplina: 571.43; 612.76
• Soggetti: Biomechanics; Cells - Mechanical properties; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: PREFACE; CONTENTS; I. CELL MECHANICS; IMAGING AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF GUINEA PIG OUTER HAIR CELLS STUDIED BY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL MICRO TENSILE TESTER FOR SINGLE ISOLATED CELLS AND ITS APPLICATION TO VISCOELASTIC ANALYSIS OF AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; SHEAR DEPENDENT ALBUMIN UPTAKE IN CULTURED ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; BIOMECHANICAL AND BIOTRIBOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF SURFACE AND SURFACE ZONE IN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; II. CELL RESPONSE TO MECHANICAL STIMULATION; OSTEOBLASTIC MECHANOSENSITIVITY TO LOCALIZED MECHANICAL STIMULUS DEPENDS ON ORIENTATION OF CYTOSKELETAL ACTIN FIBERSMICROBIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CULTURED ENDOTHELIAL CELLS ESTIMATED BY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EFFECTS OF MECHANICAL STRESSES ON THE MIGRATING BEHAVIOR OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; III. TISSUE ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING APPROACHES TO REGULATE CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND TISSUE REGENERATION; A NEW THEORY ON THE LOCALIZATION OF VASCULAR DISEASES; AUTOMORPHOGENESIS OF LOAD BEARING FIBROUS TISSUES: ; GENERATION OF TENSILE STRESS, CELL ALIGNMENT, AND MATRIX DEFORMATION BY FIBROBLASTS; IV. COMPUTATIONAL BIOMECHANICSNOTE ON ANISOTROPIC PROPERTIES OF CANCELLOUS BONE AND TRABECULAE: ELASTICITY AND HARDNESS; APPLICATION OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOMECHANICS TO CLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE; BIOMECHANICAL STUDY FOR SKELETAL MUSCLE INJURY AND A VIEW OF MICRO-BIOMECHANICS FOR MICROSTRUCTURE OF MUSCLE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF CELLS SUBJECTED TO MECHANICAL STIMULI: DEFORMATION, FREEZING, AND SHOCK WAVES; SUBJECT INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is essential reading for those interested in understandingcurrent trends of research in the area of biomechanics at micro- andnanoscale levels. It details the research carried out to date in thisfield by fourteen prominent researchers as part of a four-yeargovernment supported project which commenced in 2003.